PHOTO: Opening day
From left to right, Waterville Police Chief William Bonney, Waterville Mayor Mike Morris, and Alfond Youth Community Center CEO Ken Walsh, welcome players at the Little League opening day ceremonies. (photo by Mark Huard)
Carrabec High School announces honor parts for class of 2024
Peter Campbell, Principal, has announced honor parts for the Class of 2024 at Carrabec High School, in North Anson.
Valedictorian:
Kolby Carpenter
Kolby Carpenter, Carrabec’s Valedictorian, is a student who is a role model in our school. With a grade point average of 99.35, he has completed six honors classes, two early college courses and three dual enrollment classes. Kolby is not only a great student, he also applies his strengths to the sports world as well, excelling in football and basketball. Carpenter has also represented his class as the Class President for all four years. Kolby will be attending Kennebec Valley Community College, (KVCC), in Fairfield, for their electrical program. Kolby is the son of Tia Bessey and Brandon Harrington, of Anson.
Salutatorian:
Cooper Dellarma
Cooper Dellarma, Carrabec’s Salutatorian, is a bright and successful student. Cooper has a grade point average of 98.89, completing four honors classes and one early college course. Cooper has earned his varsity letter in both basketball and baseball and is also a volunteer firefighter for the town of Solon. Cooper is an outstanding and well-rounded young man. Dellarma will be attending the University of Maine at Fort Kent for their forest management program. Cooper is the son of Derek and Hailey Dellarma, of Solon.
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Up and down the Kennebec Valley: Holman Francis Day
Holman Francis Day
by Mary Grow
Vassalboro native Holman Francis Day (1865 – 1935) was a well-known and prolific Maine writer. Starting as a newspaperman, he went on to write poetry and novels in verse, novels in prose, a play, non-fiction pieces and movie scripts.
According to Kristin Stred and Robert Bradley (writers of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission’s 1977 National Register of Historic Places nomination form for Holman Day’s Auburn house), while in high school Day published the Weekly Vassalboro News for two years. He continued newspaper work fresh out of college in 1887 with the Fairfield Journal (a weekly published from 1879 to 1925).
An on-line article in Maine An Encyclopedia says from 1888 to 1892 Day edited the Dexter Gazette, making it “a successful and sprightly country weekly.” (This newspaper became the Eastern Gazette, still published weekly in Dexter and advertising that it serves more than 17,500 households in 42 towns.)
For another two decades, Day was a “special correspondent and columnist” for the Lewiston Evening Journal (a daily published from 1866 to 1989, when it merged with its competitor, the Lewiston Daily Sun, to form today’s Lewiston Sun Journal). He spent a brief time in Portland in 1892, and wrote for newspapers in Boston and New York.
His first book-length work was published in 1900.
Starting in 1918 in Augusta, Day made black-and-white films; sources mention the 1920-21 Holman Day Film Company, which was not a financial success. By 1928, he had moved to California, where he wrote Hollywood scripts as well as novels of Maine life.
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Holman Day was born in Riverside, in southwestern Vassalboro, on Nov. 6, 1865. His father was Captain John Randolph Day (Aug. 1, 1828 – 1889), a Civil War veteran who enlisted in May 1861, was in several major battles and was twice captured by the Confederates, spending time in Libby and Andersonville prisons.
Holman’s mother was Mary A. (Carter) Day (1834-1908), from Etna. The couple named the second of their three sons Holman after a wartime friend of his father, and Francis after John’s brother, Thomas Francis Day.
The Day house was on what is now a section of Old Route 201 named Holman Day Road. Sources differ on the exact location.
The family moved to Wiscasset for six years, returning to Vassalboro about 1874. Sources indicate they lived in at least two different houses in the Getchell’s Corner area of northwestern Vassalboro.
Day graduated from Oak Grove Seminary, in Vassalboro, in the Class of 1881, spent a year at Coburn Classical Institute, in Waterville, and graduated from Colby College, in Waterville in 1887. At Colby, he was named class poet in his sophomore and senior years, and worked on the Colby Echo, the student-run newspaper. The on-line encyclopedia article says he gained a reputation “as a wit, writer, and drinker.”
While with the Fairfield Journal, Day met Helen Rowell Gerald (1870-1902), only daughter of Amos Fitz and Caroline Wood (Rowell) Gerald. They were married Feb. 6, 1889.
Amos Gerald built the newly-weds a house in Auburn. Stred and Bradley said Day lived and wrote there for 17 years; another source said from 1895 to 1914.
The Holman Day house at 2 Goff Street has been on the National Register of Historic Places since Jan. 17, 1978. It is privately owned and closed to the public.
The Days had two daughters, Ruth, born and died in 1893, and Dorothy, born in Auburn on Feb. 19, 1895. Dorothy married Ralph Burton Drisko, Jr., on March 15, 1918, in Mobile, Alabama, according to Find a Grave (which does not explain why she was in Alabama). He was lost at sea in 1924. On March 14, 1926, Dorothy married again, in Waterville, Maine; her second husband was Roy LeChance Kilner.
Helen Day died July 12, 1902, of heart disease and is buried in Fairfield’s Maplewood Cemetery with her parents and her daughters.
Day’s second wife was Agnes M. (Bearce) (Nevens) (1867-1954), a divorcee, from Lewiston. The City of Auburn report for the municipal year ending Feb. 28, 1906, lists Agnes Bearce as a (new?) teacher at North Auburn Primary School, who had trained at Hebron Academy.
They were divorced in 1927.
Day’s third wife was Florence Levin, from Portland.
Day died Feb. 19, 1935, in Mill Valley, California. He is buried in Vassalboro’s Nichols Cemetery, with his parents and Fred Mortimer Day (1870-1938), who your writer assumes was his younger brother.
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In 1898, Stred and Bradley said, Day added to his journalism a daily poetry column, Up in Maine. It “was carried by newspapers across the country” for half a dozen years.
Wikipedia quotes a 1928 article from a Carmel, California, newspaper in which Day said his first poem for the Lewiston Evening Journal resulted in a libel suit against the newspaper that gave his poem a value “never received by the great Longfellow in his palmiest days.”
In 1900, a collection of these poems became Day’s first book, Up in Maine: Stories of Yankee Life Told in Verse. It was followed in 1902 by Pine Tree Ballads: Rhymed Stories of Unplaned Human Natur’ up in Maine; and in 1904 by Kin o’ Ktaadn: Verse Stories of the Plain Folk who are Keeping Bright the Old Home Fires Up in Maine.
Stred and Bradley wrote that these “books of catchy verse…entertained more than 30,000 readers.”
The first poem in Up in Maine, titled Aunt Shaw’s Pet Jug, is about Uncle Elnathan Shaw, “Most regular man you ever saw!” For 30 years, at 4:40 every afternoon he would pick up “the big blue jug from the but’ry shelf” and go down the cellar stairs to draw two quarts of old cider for the evening.
And every afternoon, “Auntie Shaw would yap through her old cross mug” telling him not to fall on the second step and break her favorite jug, inherited from her great-aunt Sue.
One day, Nathan did fall all the way from the second step. He did not break the jug:
And he’d saved the jug; for his last wild thought
Had been of that; he might have caught
At the cellar shelves and saved his fall,
But he kept his hands on the jug through all.
Now, “as he loosed his jealous hug,” his wife’s only concern was “Did ye break my jug?” Enraged at her disregard for his “poor old bones,” Nathan replied, “No, durn yer pelt, but I swow I will” and smashed it against the wall.
The poem titled The Stock in the Tie-Up celebrates life in a well-heated house with a good hot meal on a stormy night and ends with “the stock in the tie-up is warm.” It contrasts the speaker, willing to spend a Sunday doing the extra work to make his barn weather-proof, with his church-going neighbors, who have “cracks in the sides o’ their tie-ups…wide as the door o’ their pew” through which sleet and snow enter.
Day did not approve. He wrote:
And I’ll bet ye that in the Hereafter the men who have stayed on their knees
And let some poor, fuzzy old cattle stand out in a tie-up and freeze,
Will find that the heat o’ the Hot Place is keyed to an extra degree
For the men who forgot to consider that critters have feelin’s same’s we.
One of your writer’s favorite poems is in the third collection, Kin o’ Ktaadn. Titled The Latest Tip from ‘Patent-Right’ Belcher, it invites investment in Patent-Right’s new invention, a two-part device for letting the family cat out the door and back in the window – after the family dog identifies him or her and opens the window – so that people need not get out of warm beds on cold nights.
Day’s first novel, Squire Phin, came out in 1905 and was followed by another 29, plus “300 short stories and poetry,” according to an on-line article about the Auburn house.
Squire Phin opens at the village store in Palermo — a coastal town, not the Kennebec Valley Palermo. Squire Phin has his law office upstairs. The second chapter introduces Squire Phin’s prodigal brother, accompanied by an elephant.
Several sources call King Spruce (1908) Day’s best-known and most popular novel. Stred and Bradley wrote that this book “became a prototype for books about Maine lumbering” – certainly a prototype for many of Day’s later novels, which repeat the dual themes of timber barons’ rivalry and their children’s romances.
King Spruce, according to Stred and Bradley, “firmly established Day’s reputation as a novelist, and delighted President Theodore Roosevelt so much that he invited Day to the White House.”
The novel features a young, college-educated hero named Dwight Wade who deals competently with uneducated, good-hearted woodsmen whose livelihoods depend on city-based lumber companies. Corporate rivalries make life extra hard for the low-level workmen.
Day explained that the term King Spruce stood for an unseen tyrant, a “vast association of timber interests,” visible only in the form of local officers who worked from headquarters in Maine mill towns. Most of his sympathy was with the loggers; but at times he sounded as though he would like the woods left alone, with references to “destruction” by logging and “slaughter” of deer and moose.
In addition to relations among loggers and logging companies, Day introduced several independent, opinionated, stubborn and attractive young women who added love stories to the already-complicated plot.
After many adventures, the villains were defeated, dead or had experienced changes of heart; the loggers had a better deal; and the central pair of lovers rode away together in a pony-drawn carriage.
These themes recur in later novels, like The Rider of the King Log (1919) and Joan of Arc of the North Woods (1922). Day even wrote a North Woods novel for young readers: The Rainy Day Railroad War (1906) was first serialized in The Youth’s Companion magazine. It lacks a romantic subplot.
Some of Day’s novels are unabashed romances, like The Red Lane a Romance of the Border (1912) and Blow the Man Down: A Romance of the Coast (1916). The Skipper and the Skipped (1911) and The Landloper (1915) are examples of more varied themes.
Stred and Bradley commented that Day “had an eye for unusual Maine characters, and an ear for their unique dialect. He then wove stories around the personalities and exploits of the woodsmen and seafarers he had observed and with whose ways he was familiar.”
The historians called his writings “an important part of the literary heritage of Maine.”
Holman’s work can be seen at Vassalboro Historical Society
The Vassalboro Historical Society owns Holman Day memorabilia, including, president Janice Clowes said, his books, movies made from his books and a movie about him, movie posters, newspaper clippings and other items.
The society’s Holman Day files include a biography, written as a master’s thesis at the University of Maine at Orono in 1942.
The museum is located in the former East Vassalboro schoolhouse, on the east side of Route 32 on the south edge of East Vassalboro Village, close to the outlet of China Lake and the boat landing. Hours are Mondays and Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the second and fourth Sundays of each month from 1 to 4 p.m.
Main sources
Day, Holman various writings.
Stred, Kristin (student assistant), and Robert L. Bradley, National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form Holman Day House, June 1977.
Vassalboro Historical Society files.
Websites, miscellaneous.
Nathan Choate earns rank of Eagle Scout
Stephanie Drake Choate, left, pins the Eagle Scout medal onto her son Nathan’s uniform. “It was so special to have it at Mount Merici Academy. We are so proud of you, Nathan,” she said. (photo by Chuck Mahaleris)
by Chuck Mahaleris
Nathan Choate
Nathan Choate, of Albion, received the Eagle Scout medal during a ceremony conducted by China Troop #479 in his honor on Friday, May 10, at Waterville’s Mount Merici Academy.
The town of Albion in March presented Nathan with its 2023 Spirit of America Foundation Award in “recognition of his outstanding and commendable community service to the Town of Albion.” His Eagle Scout Service Project revitalized the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Monument.
Nathan is the son of Michael and Stephanie Drake Choate, and lives in Albion. He attends Erskine Academy, in South China. This project required more than 200 hours of labor shared by scouts and scouters as well as Albion residents. Colby College Lovejoy land grant provided the funding needed for the effort. Hilton Drake and Stephanie Drake Choate’s ancestors and the Lovejoys were two of the five founding families in the town of Albion, formerly known as Freetown Plantation, in 1790.
Elijah Parish Lovejoy attended Waterville College (now Colby) and is well known as one of the first martyrs to freedom of the press and the abolitionist movement, killed in 1837 in Alton, Illinois. Colby’s language arts building bears his name. The Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award of Colby, established in 1952, is awarded to a journalist who continues the Lovejoy heritage of fearlessness and commitment to American freedom of the press.
During the ceremony, Lee Pettengill, who serves as the Chartered Organization representative for Troop #479, in China, and was the Master of Ceremonies for the event, led Nathan in the Eagle Scout Charge. “I charge you to be among those who dedicate their skills and ability to the common good. Build America on the solid foundation of clean living, honest work, unselfish citizenship, and reverence for God; and, whatever others may do, you will leave behind a record of which every other Scout may be justly proud,” Pettengill said.
Natha had completed all of his requirements and passed his Eagle Scout Board of Review last October.
MaineGeneral’s comprehensive spine program
MaineGeneral Medical Center comprehensive spine team. (contributed photo)
Mary Beth Ranger, nurse navigator for spine and osteoporosis, is several months into her role helping patients with back issues find the right care, with the right clinician, as part of MaineGeneral Orthopaedics’ Comprehensive Spine Program. Not long ago, Mary Beth was sitting in the chair as a patient.
“I had chronic low back pain that was radiating down my legs. My doctor referred me to Stephen Clark, MD. I had tried non-operative interventions and ended up needing lumbar surgery. I had full confidence in Dr. Clark, and had a fabulous experience from beginning to end.”
Mary Beth is grateful to be in this role navigating and supporting patients to achieve the best possible outcome, like she did. MaineGeneral Orthopaedics’ Comprehensive Spine Program connects people with back issues to the care they need. The care team evaluates and diagnoses spine problems, and designs and carries out a treatment plan tailored to each individual’s needs and lifestyle.
Depending on their treatment plan, patients have the following care team members from the comprehensive spine program available to them:
• Nurses
• Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon
• Physiatrists
• Physical Therapists
• Counselor
• Advanced Practice Practitioners (nurse practitioner, physician assistant)
• Medical Assistants
“Some patients are surprised to learn that we don’t automatically recommend surgery,” she says. “We believe a multifaceted approach works best to help you get back to living as actively and pain-free as possible. Spine surgery can be an effective treatment for some patients’ spinal problems. However, we know it is not the solution for many patients, and we nearly always attempt conservative management before surgical consideration.”
The Comprehensive Spine Program welcomes referrals from both medical professionals as well as directly from patients self-referring. “Many people feel fear because it’s their spine,” Mary Beth says. “I tell people it’s worth a discussion to see what your options are. Call to discuss next steps or learn more about the program.”
To learn more about MaineGeneral’s Comprehensive Spine Program, call (207) 621-8700 or visit www.mainegeneral.org/medical-services/ ortho/spinal-surgery.
Area students receive Husson University academic award
Husson University Online, in Bangor, celebrates the academic achievements of students recently named to the president’s list, dean’s list and honors list for Term 3 of the 2023-2024 academic year.
President’s List: 3.80 to 4.0 semester grade-point average
Dean’s List: 3.60 to 3.79 semester grade-point average
Honor’s List: 3.40 to 3.59 semester grade-point average.
The students are:
Jazzmin M. Johnson, of Augusta, President’s List;
Melissa Lyon, of Waterville, – Dean’s List;
Olivia Brooke Roy, of Augusta, – Dean’s List.
PHOTO: Aurora Borealis
Philip Mazoki photographed this spectacular view of the Aurora Borealis – The Northern Lights – over Wilson Pond, in Wilton, last week.
SCORES & OUTDOORS: It’s caterpillar season in Maine
by Roland D. Hallee
Spring has arrived in Maine, and with it, the Maine Forest Service and others have been fielding caterpillar questions. Caterpillars are essential food for many other animals, including insects, birds, mammals, and even fish! However, sometimes caterpillars from our trees and shrubs become nuisances around our homes and workplaces, and outbreak populations can threaten tree health. The caterpillars of forest tent, eastern tent and browntail moths are beginning to make their presence known.
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry urges you to take a responsible approach to living with the caterpillars in your developed landscape and avoid causing unnecessary harm to the environment and human health.
Remember that caterpillars play an important role in the environment; what you consider a pest may be someone else’s meal.
Consider no-action as a valid strategy. Sometimes, it is the most reasonable approach, but often, there are small steps you can take to reduce impacts.
If populations are unbearable or threaten a high-value ornamental tree’s health, correctly identify the caterpillar and begin with the least-toxic approach.
It is against the law to apply pesticides in ways that do not comply with label directions. Improper pesticide use can threaten human and environmental health.
The Maine Board of Pesticide Control does not recommend home-remedy pesticides. In some cases, they are illegal.
What follows are some less toxic approaches to managing tent caterpillars.
Eastern Tent Caterpillar
Tent caterpillar
This is a native caterpillar that feeds on fruit trees and shrubs (Rose family species such as cherries, apples, serviceberries, and hawthorns). It can strip ornamental and fruit trees but it is not a significant forest or human health threat in Maine. If you see them in a tree that you don’t want them to remain in throughout their caterpillar season you can:
Remove unhatched egg masses. This only will apply in cooler spots in the coldest areas of the state. We have already seen the start of eastern tent caterpillar hatch all the way to northern Aroostook County this year. Next winter, consider scouting these trees for egg masses so you can remove those prior to hatch.
Strip young colonies of caterpillars from branches within reach using gloved fingers.
Relocate developing nests to a woodland fruit tree like a black cherry or serviceberry. If you remove the twig it is on, sanitize pruning tools before use and between cuts. These caterpillars host some generalist predators and parasitoids that can help reduce other caterpillar populations.
Remove and destroy the nest. You can strip them off using your hands, or, with larger nests, put a forked twig or pole with a nail into the web, twist it, then pull the nest off. Done in the early morning or on a rainy day, you will remove most of the caterpillars that use the nest.
Forest Tent Caterpillar
Forest tent caterpillar
This is a native caterpillar that has boom and bust population cycles. Parts of Aroostook County have had several years of high populations of this insect, with caterpillars especially abundant on aspen species and also feeding on other hardwood trees and shrubs.
It is important to know that hardwood trees can tolerate a couple of years of severe defoliation before showing long-term health impacts, assuming other stresses, like drought, are not present. As a native species, this caterpillar provides important food for other species, including enemies of other insect pests.
On small, ornamental trees and shrubs, the egg masses can be removed by hand and destroyed. Note that hatch has started in northern Aroostook County and will take place over several days.
Young colonies of caterpillars can be removed from branch tips or squashed while they rest on the main stem, especially in the evening or on cool days.
In larger established landscapes experiencing their first year of defoliation, healthy trees will pull through. If this will be beyond the second year, you expect more than a third of the leaves to be consumed, you may want to consider insecticide treatment. We recommend working with a licensed pesticide applicator to treat established ornamental trees. They may use a foliar application of insecticide or a systemic treatment. If applied early enough in the life cycle, BtK, an active ingredient that has action specifically against caterpillars, can be used. It must be applied to the leaves of trees that young caterpillars are actively feeding on to be effective.
Be aware that the period of wandering caterpillars is short. Sometimes, just waiting them out is the most practical solution. If caterpillars are a nuisance around the home, they can be washed from hard surfaces like decks and siding with a strong stream of water or brushed off with a stiff-bristled broom. Where possible, follow that by removing them using a wet canister shop vac. A shop vac with a couple of inches of water in the canister can also be used to remove caterpillars from hard surfaces within reach. A couple of drops of soap added to the water will break surface tension and allow the water to suffocate the caterpillars. Be aware if you don’t clean them up, they may just climb right back where they were.
Cocoons on siding and other surfaces may be removed by a stiff-bristled broom. Test this approach in a small area first to see if the surface can withstand the treatment.
Browntail Moth
browntail moth caterpillar
This non-native species is also in an epidemic population stage in parts of Maine. Because the hairs on the caterpillar have human health impacts, if you choose to remove caterpillars, be sure to do so only after taking precautions to prevent exposure. Our website has detailed management tips for browntail moth. You can also subscribe to our browntail moth updates for more details on this insect.
PLATTER PERSPECTIVE – Movie: Hangman
by Peter Cates
Hangman
Al Pacino
Hangman is a 2017 thriller dealing with a serial killer on the loose in the fictitious city of Monroe, Georgia. The psycho also dispatches each of his victims according to a children’s game called Hangman, hence the title.
The movie is also a piece of junk in terms of all the clichés of this genre which need not be gone into.
But I mention the film because of the outstanding performances of a few of the cast members. First Al Pacino portrays the retired police Detective Ray Archer who is spending his days observing the comings and goings on one street corner in an inevitably restless state of mind. Like his longtime pal Robert De Niro, Pacino conveys extraordinary emotion just sitting and observing. And his delivery of lines give pleasure, despite the terrible script.
I first saw Karl Urban in the 2009 CIA comedy thriller Red as a misinformed Agency operative trying his darnedest to kill former agents Bruce Willis, John Malkovich and Morgan Freeman, and his contribution was quite stiff and unimaginative..
Here he portrays Detective Ruiney, who’s a friend and former colleague of Detective Archer. One finds out that Ruiney’s wife was murdered by the serial killer, that Archer had introduced the pair to each other so that Ruiney is now unofficially consulting with Archer on investigative details.
Urban’s characterization of Ruiney is commendable. One sees a man emotionally broken by the loss of his wife and the agonizing frustration of not finding the killer after a lapse of several years. This actor has obviously developed further in his ability to act.
Britanny Snow
A young actress Brittany Snow, whose name is new to me, gave a galvanizing performance as a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Christi Davies, who is allowed under very strict guidelines to ride along with Ruiney on his dangerous rounds. Davies also has her own fears and vulnerabilities from what she has seen previously and Actress Snow conveys them eloquently.
Sarah Shahi
Finally another previously unfamiliar name, Sarah Shahi, delivers a blistering performance as Police Captain Lisa Watson who is confined to a wheelchair because of a drunk driver running her off the road. She conveys authoritative force as the Boss, but also an endearing sympathy when Archer, Ruiney and Davies put themselves in harm’s way tracking the killer as his victims increase.
Again the script is lousy, the pacing stinks, the ending is hokey but these four individuals did give their all to an otherwise hopeless dud.
Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme
Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme
The late great married and immensely gifted singing couple Steve Lawrence (1935-2024) and Eydie Gorme (1928-2013) recorded a seven-inch 45 (Columbia 4-42815) in 1963 featuring two throwaway novelty songs – Ain’t Love; and I Want to Stay Here, itself by the songwriting team of Gerry Goffin and his ex-wife Carole King; here they transformed these trivial tunes into little gems and were in turn assisted by the very underrated arranger/conductor Marion Evans. I have noticed time and again that his name on any record means quality listening, whatever the previous calibre of the singer.
And both sides are on YouTube.
Jack Warner
Jack Warner
According to his 1964 autobiography My First Hundred Years in Hollywood, studio boss Jack Warner (1892-1978) recounts a 1958 automobile accident near the Cannes Film Festival in which he was reported by newspapers as dead. In fact he begins this book with an account of his death instead of with the usual account of a birth opening most memoirs.
Warner also commented sardonically- “I never want to see that deadly place again. They tell me I should.”
OBITUARIES for Thursday, May 16, 2024
STACY L. HARRIS
WATERVILLE – Stacy L. (Rollins) Harris, 53, passed away Wednesday, on April 24, 2024, following a courageous but brief battle with cancer. Stacy was born in Waterville on December 2, 1970, to Richard A. and Laura L. Rollins (Lancaster).
She worked at MaineGeneral Medical Center, in Waterville, for close to 30 years. Her most recent employment was at the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter, in Waterville. She referred to that position as her “true calling”.
In addition to having a great sense of humor, Stacy glowed with love, compassion, empathy and, most importantly, with gratitude. She touched the lives of many and was loved and respected by virtually all who knew her.
Stacy is survived by her son, Paul Poissonnier and his partner Meghan Nawfel; grandsons, Oliver and Sage Poissonnier; mother, Laura Lancaster; father, Richard Rollins and his wife Judy; stepsisters Crystall, Heather and Sarah; half-sister, Michelle; aunts; and cousins.
She was predeceased by both paternal and maternal grandparents; her uncle, Steven Lancaster; and her much loved stepdad, David Althenn.
At her request, a drop-in gathering will be held at her home on May 19 between the hours of 1 and 4 p.m. Those who need directions may call Laura at 207-680-6186.
In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to any charity of your choice which benefits the homeless or the hungry.
JESSE J. GOLDRUP
UNITY – Jesse Jay Goldrup, 46, of Unity, passed away at his home on Thursday, April 25, 2024. He was born in Waterville on January 3, 1978, the son of Bonnie (Ellis) Goldrup and Craig Goldrup.
He attended and graduated from the Winslow school district.
Jesse worked in construction, with his latest employment being alongside good friends at Ranger Construction Corp. He was respected and well-known for being a hard worker. He had an innate ability to conceptualize projects and bring them to life. He was the master of his trade.
Jesse was a true outdoor enthusiast. He loved being surrounded by nature, foraging, hiking, camping, gardening, and most of all, fishing and adventuring with his beloved dog, Obie.
What really meant the most to him, though, was spending time with his family. Jesse was a loving son and brother, devoted father, cool “Uncle Dude” to his nephews, a loyal friend, and an incredibly selfless man to those he cared for. He was the life of any party, with an infectious smile and laugh. He lived a life full of many adventures that made for great stories; His favorite adventure being a proud father to his daughter.
He was predeceased by both sets of grandparents, Richard Goldrup, Ida Goldrup, Orwood “Sonny” Ellis, and Elinor Ellis; as well as uncle Jerry Ellis; and cousin, Christopher Gerry.
Jesse is survived by his mother, Bonnie (Ellis) Goldrup; father, Craig Goldrup; his daughter, Kendra Goldrup and boyfriend Timothy Martin, who are expecting his granddaughter, Addison Martin, due June 25, 2024; his brother, Jeremy Goldrup and wife Sharon Goldrup; his brother, Jay Goldrup and girlfriend Kelly Marsh; his nephews Colby Goldrup, Kayden Goldrup, and Mason Goldrup; his uncle, Randy Goldrup and girlfriend Terri Maxwell; cousin, Erika Goldrup.
There will be a service held on Tuesday, May 21, from noon to 3 p.m., at Gallant Funeral Home, in Waterville. Please join the family to share cherished memories, stories, and celebrate the life of Jesse, who will be missed beyond measure.
Arrangements are under the direction and care of Gallant Funeral Home, 10 Elm Street, Waterville. An online guestbook may be signed, condolences and memories shared at http://www.gallantfh.com.
JEANNINE G. BARD
WATERVILLE – Jeannine G. Bard, 92, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 26, 2024, at Lakewood Continuing Care, in Waterville. Jeannine was born the daughter of Vital and Ernestine Albert on June 12, 1931.
She grew up and attended schools in Clair, New Brunswick, Canada, graduating high school in 1948.
She worked several jobs throughout her life; teaching in a one-room schoolhouse, working as a telephone operator in Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada, and worked at Smiley’s Dairy, in Winslow, where she enjoyed making ice creams for her husband and children. Her longest job was working at Keyes Fibre, in Waterville, for 25 years and becoming a Sample Room Manager before retiring.
Jeannine loved her husband’s garden and the resulting fruits and vegetables, which she enjoyed canning. She was known for being an excellent cook. As a result, her house was the central hub for family driving from Canada or Connecticut. They always made sure to stop and say hello. Jeannine enjoyed traveling with her husband, going on many trips including Hawai’i, Florida, and Arizona. She was Elvis’s number one fan and saw him live in concert in Connecticut. Her trip to Graceland was one of the highlights of her life.
Jeannine was predeceased by her parents; her twins Michael and Michelle, her daughter Lisa Gagne, Al Belanger, husband of granddaughter Margo, her sisters Rita Oakes and husband Leon, Lucille Schiavoni and husband Louis, Blanche Long and husband Lucien Dorice Nadeau, and husband Leo, and Georgette LeClair and husband Ernest, her brothers Enoil Albert and wife Rita, and Roland Albert and wife Helene, sisters-in-law, Clara Jalbert and husband Lester, Malvina Bard and husband Raoul, and Jeanne Pelletier and husband Fedime, brothers-in-law Damase Bard and wife Marie Jeanne, George Bard and wife Germaine, Nazaire Bard and wife Annette, Patrick Bard and wife Arlene, Roland Bard and wife Leona, Gerard Bard and wife Adrian, Ozite Bard, Claude Bard, and Stanley White.
She is survived by her husband Normand Bard; her children Peter Bard and wife Joanne, of Milford, Massachusetts, Linda Bourque and husband George, of Burham, Andrew Bard, of Winslow; her six grandchildren Margo Belanger, of Waterville, Kirstin McQuillan and husband Tyler, of Sidney, Melanie Blair and husband Gary, of Lisbon, Melinda Bard, of Raymond, Eric Gagne and wife Laura, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, and Ashley Obptande and husband Jeremy, of Brunswick; 16 great-grandchildren, Taylor Stewart and husband Russell, Acadia Birk, Sydney Thomason and husband Ian, Anthony Whittemore and fiancee Emily Cole, Meghan McQuillan, Nicholas Blair, Matthew McQuillan, Alexis Blair, Mackenzie Gervais, Kylie Gervais, Bryce Obptande, Aiden Gagne, Nolan Gervais, Burke Obptande, Zack Blair, and Carter Blair; two great-great-grandchildren, Scarlett Stewart and Scarlett Whittemore; her sister-in-law Theresa White, and her son-in-law Randall Gagne.
Jeannine loved to play her favorite song, You Are My Sunshine, on her guitar for her children and grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Thursdasy, May 30, at 10 a.m., at Saint John the Baptist Church, 26 Monument Street, Winslow. A Celebration of Life will be held following the service at the Waterville Elks Lodge #905, on 76 Industrial Street, Waterville, to share stories and memories.
Arrangements are under the direction and care of Gallant Funeral Home, 10 Elm Street, Waterville. An online guestbook may be signed, condolences and memories shared at http://www.gallantfh.com.
JOAN G. VEILLEUX
WATERVILLE – Joan G. Veilleux, 85, died peacefully on Sunday, April 28, 2024, at her home. Joan was born in Waterville on March 27, 1939, daughter of William and Claudianna (Rodrigue) Giguere.
She attended Notre Dame Catholic School, in Waterville, and graduated from Mount Merici Academy, in Waterville, in 1957.
While attending high school, at the age of 16, she worked part-time at McLellan’s Department Store, on Main St., in Waterville, until she graduated. Also, while attending Mount Merici, she took sewing classes which led to her employment at C.F. Hathaway Shirt Co., in Waterville, where she also retired from after many years of service.
On June 3, 1961, she married Julian Veilleux, at Notre Dame Catholic Church, in Waterville. In 1962 they began to raise their family of five children.
Some of Joan’s hobbies included camping, card games, casino trips, and was an avid jigsaw puzzle maker. She especially loved spending time with her family and watching her children and grandchildren in their school activities and sporting events.
She was predeceased by her parents; her husband, Julian; grandson, Christopher Wiggins; great-granddaughter, Allie Sue Maloney; sister, Theresa Veilleux, brothers Raymond and Rene Giguere; and son-in-law, Keith Wiggins.
Joan is survived by three daughters, Monique Plummer and husband “Frank”, Sue McMullen and husband Jamie, and Jennifer Rodrigue and husband Danny; two sons, Brian Veilleux and wife Andrea, Scott Veilleux and partner Ed Cowan; sister Annette Rancourt; brothers Leopold Giguere, and Claude and wife Camilla; granddaughters Celestine Curtis and husband Eric, Jessica Maloney and husband Dylan, Abigail and boyfriend Ben, Cassandra Shepherd and husband Isaac, and Jennifer Rothberg; grandsons Jacob, Bono and wife Emily, and Adam; great-grandchildren, Bowen, Blake, Eli, Ryan, Jackson, Naomi, Sophia, Malachi, Leon, Everly, Skyla, and Evan.
A private Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 29, at Notre Dame Church, 116 Silver St., in Waterville.
Please visit Joan’s memorial page at https://dsfuneral.com/obituaries/joan-veilleux where condolences, photos, and special memories may be shared.
JANE E. EDWARDS
WINSLOW – Jane Elnora Edwards, 89, of Winslow, died on Sunday, April 28, 2024, in the town of Waterville. She was born in Bellows Falls, Vermont, on September 15, 1934, the daughter of Ralph E. and Anne J. Edwards.
Jane grew up in Saxons River, Vermont, and Houlton. She attended Bellows Falls (Vt.) High School, and graduated from Gould Academy, Bethel. In 1952. She was a graduate of the University of Maine in 1956, and taught school in Bangor 1956-57. She received a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1958, and a master’s degree in Library Science from the University of Maine at Orono in 1973.
She was married in Bellows Falls, Vermont, on August 29, 1959, to Harvard Philip Fowler; they were divorced in Auburn in 1977. She resumed her maiden name in 1982.
For many years Jane lived in Auburn and was a Reference Librarian at the Bates College Library. In 1983 she moved to Winslow and was a Reference Librarian at the Maine State Law and Legislation Reference Library. She retired in 1994.
She is survived by her sons Douglas S. Fowler, of Waterville, and Paul M. Fowler, of Winchendon, Massachusetts; her grandson, Quinton M. Fowler, of York; and her nephews William E. and Edmund E. Edwards and their children in Vermont.
At her request there will be no funeral and no visiting hours. At a later date, to be determined, there will be a private burial service at the village cemetery in Saxons River, Vermont.
Those who wish may make a contribution in her memory to the Sierra Club Maine Chapter, 565 Congress St., Portland, ME 04101.
CAROL L. HARRINGTON
WATERVILLE – Carol Lee (Merry) Harrington, 67, passed away, in her home, on Monday, April 29, 2024, following bravely battling ALS. Carol was born in Skowhegan, on August 15, 1956, the daughter of Charles and Virginia (Delano) Merry.
She attended Carrabec High School, in North Anson, graduating in 1974.
Carol married her husband, Dale Harrington, on February 11, 1978. They moved to Germany while Dale was serving in the U.S. Army. Their daughter, Christine, was born in Germany in November 1978. Their second daughter, Michelle, was born in Virginia, in July 1980. The family moved back to Maine and have been Maine residents since.
Carol was a faithful member of Getchell Street Baptist Church, in Waterville, since January 19, 1990. There, she was actively involved as a Sunday School teacher, nursery care provider, and a member of both the Christian Education and Social committees. She attended ladies Bible Study on a regular basis. Carol was a devoted Christian woman who loved and accepted people just as they are.
Carol loved her family unconditionally. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother (Nen), sister, and aunt. She adored her granddaughter, Clareese, and enjoyed spending time with her. She was extremely supportive, caring, and hard working. She was the glue that held everything and everyone together and was always there when needed. She never complained, was brave and strong, and led a Godly life.
Carol enjoyed sewing. She was very talented; creating clothing, quilts, tote bags and many other handmade items. She liked spending time with her family and friends, creating many memories at the family camp, on Long Pond, in Belgrade Lakes.
Carol was predeceased by her parents Charles and Virginia (Delano) Merry, and her stepmother, Freda Chase Merry.
Carol is survived by her husband of 46 years, Dale Harrington; her two daughters, Christine Harrington and Michelle (Harrington) Jones; her granddaughter, Clareese; her sisters and their spouses, Nancy and Bernard Smith, Anita and Bob Bowman, Connie and Alan Lugg; her brothers and their spouses, George Young Jr., Llewellyn and Trudy Young, Everett and Wanda Merry and Warren Merry; her in-laws Verna Pierre, Bruce and Cathy Harrington, and Jill and Mark Culleton; as well as many nieces and nephews.
A Celebration of Life will be held at Getchell Street Baptist Church, 3 Getchell St., Waterville, on Saturday, May 25, 2024, at 11 a.m. A private burial will be held at a later date.
Arrangements are under the direction and care of Gallant Funeral Home, 10 Elm Street, Waterville. An online guestbook may be signed, condolence and memories shared at http://www.gallantfh.com
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Getchell Street Baptist Church, 3 Getchell Street, Waterville, Maine 04901. These donations will go to organizations and groups that Carol cared about and was involved.
SUZANNE D. BEANE
WATERVILLE – Suzanne “Sue” Dolores (Hart) Beane, 82, passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, eight days before her 83rd birthday, at Lakewood Continuing Care, Waterville. Sue was born on May 8, 1941, in Waterville, the daughter of Herbert and Honorine (Poulin) Hart. She graduated from Waterville High School in 1959. She was married to Perley Beane for 62 years.
Sue worked for her father, “Hart the Tailor,” Rummel’s Ice Cream, C.F. Hathaway, and voter registry, all in Waterville. Sue was a past president of the Women’s Auxiliary at the former Osteopathic Hospital, in Waterville. Anyone who knew her would know that she loved planning and organizing a garage sale. Sue was incredibly talented in several crafts including porcelain doll making and ceramics to name a few. Always eager to go wherever you wanted, she spent as much time with her family as she could.
Sue was predeceased by her parents; her brother, Gerald Hart and his wife Mae, her sisters and their husbands Gloria Isbister (James) Gravel (Roland), Geraldine (Robert) Timmons, Muriel (Robert) Guite, Bernadette (Walter) Williams, and brother-in-law, Donald Freeman.
She is survived by her husband Perley Beane; sisters Harriett (Donald) Freeman and Roberta (Richard) Goodhue; brother-in-law, John Beane and his wife Donna; along with many nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Friday, May 10, at Corpus Christi Parish, Notre Dame de Perpetual Secours, 116 Silver Street, Waterville. Committal prayers and burial followed at St. Francis Cemetery, in Waterville.
Arrangements are made through Dan and Scott’s Cremation and Funeral Services in Skowhegan.
Please visit Sue’s memorial page at https://dsfuneral.com/obituaries/suzanne-beane where condolences, photos, and special memories may be shared.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care, 361 Old Belgrade Rd., Augusta Maine, or Northern Light Continuing Care, Lakewood, 220 Kennedy Memorial Dr., Waterville.
MARIE E. OSBORNE
CHINA – Marie E. Osborne, 68, passed away on Friday, May 3, 2024, from cancer. She was born on September 29, 1955, to Ralph and Julia Sylvester.
Marie loved spending time with her children and grandchildren. Marie spent her free time sewing. Marie was very grateful to have Marji Sylvester, Sara Padgett and many others who supported her for many years.
She was predeceased by her husband, Scott E. Osborne; and her daughter, BobbyJo; brother, Kenny Sylvester and Kathy Mallet; sister, Mary Crosmen.
She is survived by her children, Brian Osborne and his wife Jenn Ybarra, and Kevin Osborne and his wife Eleonor Osborne; grandchildren, Bryson, Quinn, Stephanie, Kole and Ysabella; many brothers and sisters including Dan and Marilyn Sylvester, Brenda and Skip Cook, Joyce and Herb Hersey, Richard and Beth Sylvester, Betty and Jack Hobbs, Wendy and Warren Cooper; and many cousins, nieces, and nephews.
There will be no funeral arrangements at this time. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at DirectcremationofMaine.com.
PRISCILLA M. GILBLAIR
FAIRFIELD – Priscilla Mae (Brooks) Gilblair,83, lifelong resident of North Fairfield, passed away Saturday, May 4, 2024, following complications from a stroke she endured during the pandemic of 2020. Priscilla was born on her family’s farm on March 26, 1940, in North Fairfield, to Carleton E. and Eva A. (McTaggart) Brooks.
She attended Fairfield schools, graduating from the eighth grade. In August 1957 Priscilla married Roland G. Gilblair and in 1959 they welcomed the arrival of their only child, Eva. Years later, they became foster parents to Mary and Mitchell. Although Priscilla spent many years as a homemaker, she worked briefly for the Gables Boarding Home, in Vassalboro, and drove a taxicab for children with special needs.
Priscilla might best be known to some as “KPG”, her decades-old CB radio handle. It was common to walk into her home and hear the chattering from her living room or bedroom where she had CB radios located. She enjoyed flower and vegetable gardening, browsing yard-sales, walking her 20+ acres of fields and woods, driving around town in her VW Beetle, shopping at Marden’s, in Waterville, going to lunch with family and friends, and “cheating” by having an ice cream or a lobster roll on a summer day. She liked playing Skip-Bo, watching The Young and the Restless, Jeopardy!, and Wheel of Fortune, and listening to Daniel O’Donnell.
Priscilla was predeceased by her husband Roland, her brothers Donald, Raymond, and Carleton Brooks, and her daughter Eva (Gilblair) Adams.
She is survived by her son-in-law, Jack Adams, of Fairfield Center; granddaughter, Jen Adams and her husband Rob Harville, of Scarborough; great-granddaughter, Hazel Harville; and her grandson, Seth Adams, of Scarborough.
A graveside service will be held Friday, May 17, at 11 a.m., in Norridgewock, at the Riverview Cemetery, followed by a noontime celebration of life in Skowhegan at the Elks Lodge. All are welcome.
Please visit Priscilla’s memorial page at https://smartandedwardsfh.com/obituaries/priscilla-gilblair where condolences, photos, and special memories may be shared.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to either Somerset Animal Shelter (https://shsanimalshelter.com/donate-2) or the Maine Children’s Home (https://www.mainechildrenshome.org/how-to-give).
ROBERT LICHTENWALTER
WATERVILLE – Bob Lichtenwalter passed away on Sunday May 5, 2024, in Waterville, due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was born in Joliet, Illinois, to Helen and Lester Lichtenwalter, as the middle child between two sisters.
As a young man he excelled in academics and played football, basketball, and baseball at Lincoln Way High School, where he graduated in 1961. He attended Dartmouth College, where he was a member of the 1962 Ivy League championship football team. He joined the Kappa Sigma fraternity, and he earned his degree in mechanical engineering.
Following college graduation in 1965 he drove across the country to Seattle, Washington, to start his career with Boeing on the Supersonic Transport project. He asked out a pretty girl named Karen in his apartment building, and four months later they eloped, much to the chagrin of his family back in Illinois, who would have preferred a large wedding. While working at Boeing he attended night school at the University of Washington, earning his master’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1970. He was proud of having worked on the design of the 747 during his Boeing years.
Bob worked in the aircraft business for 15 years before switching directions and taking a job at Weyerhaeuser, in Federal Way, Washington. During his time in the forest products industry he designed various types of equipment, acquired two patents, and managed many mill projects. With Karen by his side, he traveled all over the country to troubleshoot paper mills for Weyerhauser, always returning home to the “dream house” they built in Port Townsend, Washington.
At the age of 55, he retired from corporate life and established his own consulting company, with Karen doing the books. In 2004 he retired from engineering altogether and became a real estate agent in their new hometown of Enumclaw, Washington. In 2008 they made their final move to Waterville to be nearer to their grandchildren.
Bob was a lifelong learner who was always interested in trying new things. While working at Boeing he obtained his private pilot license, and eventually achieved an instrument rating which allowed him to fly at night and in any weather.
When his children were young he coached their sports teams, and he built a model railroad for them in the garage. After moving to Maine he took up road bicycling, and he competed in age group time trial races for several years. He and Karen became avid golfers while in Maine, and they also participated in Toastmasters, with Bob leading the Waterville club as their president for several years.
Bob will be remembered as a man of integrity who always kept his word, a faithful husband, a talented engineer, a team player, a wise and dependable father, a doting grandfather, and a funny, generous, and easygoing guy.
He was predeceased by his parents; and his brothers-in-law Don Werner and Bob Crosby.
He leaves behind his wife of 57 years, Karen (Crosby) Lichtenwalter; son Bob (and Tawnya) Lichtenwalter; daughter, Brenda (and Christine) Nichols; his grandchildren, Emily and Kate; sisters Betty Werner and Carol (and Lou) Kish; sisters-in-law Amy Crosby, Wendy Emmons, and Marilyn Crosby; many nieces and nephews.
At Bob’s request there will be no service. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at DirectcremationofMaine.com.
ROLAND H. J. POULIN
VASSALBORO – Roland Henry John Poulin, 90, passed away on Monday, May 6, 2024, at Maine Veterans Home, in Bangor. Roland was born the son of Louis Poulin and Irene (Patnaude) Poulin, in North Vassalboro, on August 29, 1933. He attended and graduated from Winslow High School in 1951. After graduating, he served in the United States Air Force for 21 years from 1951 to 1972.
During his time of service, Roland received multiple medals and awards including the Air Force Conduct Medal with 3 Loops; National Defense Service Medal with 3 Stars; Vietnam Service Medal; RVN Campaign Medal; Korean Defense Service Medal; Enlisted Air Crew Wings; and a Cold War Commemorative Medal.
He was the owner and operator of Roland’s Appliance Service for 35 years and was the Town of Vassalboro selectman from 1977 to 1979, as well as town manager for a three-month period in 1979. Roland was a lifetime member of the VFW, a Mason, and a Catholic.
Roland enjoyed camping, fishing, and a morning ritual of coffee and conversation at a well-known Freddie’s Garage, in East Vassalboro.
He was predeceased by his parents; his son Roland Poulin Jr., brothers Louis and Alfred Poulin, and sister Vietta Mayo.
Roland is survived by his daughter Vietta Rollins and husband John Rollins, of Madison; sons Paul A. Poulin, of Warren, and Louis Poulin and wife Gail ,of Fairfield; cousin Joanne and Arthur Bechard, of Massachusetts.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, at 10 a.m., at Saint John The Baptist Church, 26 Monument Street, Winslow, followed by a burial at the North Vassalboro Village Cemetery, Cemetery Street, Vassalboro.
Arrangements are under the direction and care of Gallant Funeral Home, 10 Elm Street, Waterville. An online guestbook may be signed, condolences and memories shared at http://www.gallantfh.com
CAMILLA J. GIGUERE
WATERVILLE – Camilla J. Giguere, 87, passed away peacefully, following a brief illness, at Maine General Medical Center, in Augusta, on Monday May 6, 2024. Cami lla was born on March 30, 1937, in Fairfield, and was the last surviving child of Fred and Laura (Ackley) Dyer.
Camilla was a graduate of Lawrence High School class of 1954, in Fairfield, and she received a nursing degree from Mercy Hospital, in Portland.
Camilla and Claude were married on June 4, 1960, and took up residence in Waterville. They were blessed with six children. Camilla was a doting mom and the glue that kept the family together these past 64 years.
Camilla loved planning and going to family events through out the years. Camilla and Claude, along with their children, spent many summers at their camp on Great Pond and loved to travel during the winter months. She enjoyed shopping with her friends, scratch tickets and playing cards with her grandchildren or with anyone who wanted to play a game of cribbage.
Following the birth of their last child, Camilla decided to reenter the medical field as a surgical nurse at MaineGeneral Medical Center. She loved her job and met many new friends during her career. She retired in 1999.
Camilla was predeceased by her parents; her sisters Beverly Purtell, Mary Hunter and Linda Dyer and brothers Fred and Dickie Dyer. Camilla was greatly saddened to learn of the passing of her sister-in-law, Joanne Veilleux, just a week prior to her own passing.
She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Claude Giguere; her children Stephen (Pamela) Giguere, of Dover, New Hampshire, Catherine (Thomas) Suttie, of Waterville, Michael Giguere and his long time partner, Annelyse, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, Jeanne Giguere and her long time partner, Josh, of Albion, David Giguere, of Brooks, Tony Giguere and his fiancée, Taryn, of Topsham; grandchildren, Jesse and Cody Pomeroy, Tom (Emeline) Suttie, Lauren (Nick) Lewis, Abby Giguere, and Belle and Jeremy Giguere; and several great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; Claude’s brother, Leopold, sister, Annette and sisters-in-law Rolande and Jeanne Giguere.
There was a Mass of Christian Burial at Notre Dame Church, on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.
Arrangements are in the care of Veilleux and Redington Funeral Home, 8 Elm St,, Waterville, where condolences, memories, and photos may be shared with the family on the obituary page of the website at http://www.veilleuxfuneralhome.com.
In lieu of flowers please consider making a donation in Camilla’s memory to the Humane Society Waterville Area, 100 Webb Rd., Waterville, ME 04901.
ERVIN D. LIZOTTE
WATERVILLE – Ervin D. Lizotte, 83, a resident of Woodlands Assisted Living, passed away on Monday, May 6, 2024. Ervin, the third child born to Henry and Leona (Levesque) Lizotte, entered the world on December 5, 1940, in Waterville. Ervin attended parochial and public schools and graduated from Waterville High School in 1959.
Ervin was raised Catholic and considered Notre Dame his church. On February 3, 1962, he married Constance “Connie” Fortier, the love of his life. Together they raised their two daughters in Oakland, then in Waterville. Later, Ervin became known as “Da” to his grandchildren.
Ervin had numerous jobs throughout his lifetime: Fairfield Creamery, Scott Paper Co., in Winslow, (construction crew), CF Hathaway Shirt Factory, in Waterville, salesman for Met Life, Grossman’s, Waterville Hardware, True Value, Bob Plourde’s Plumbing and Heating (showroom), and Hannaford.
In 1997 he purchased a property in need of extensive repair, turning one of his hobbies into a lucrative endeavor by investing a lot of sweat equity into the building and renting out the units, which were Section 8 approved.
Ervin enjoyed following his favorite sports teams: The New England Patriots, Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics, Boston Bruins, and locally, Waterville High School basketball, where he was once awarded “Fan of the Year”.
Ervin enjoyed spending time with friends and family and traveling. His vacations included a cross country road trip with his lifelong friend, Dick Cote, several trips to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he would sometimes meet up with his friend since early childhood, Gene Duguay, and a very special trip to Paris. Ervin was bilingual, fluent in both English and Canadian French. He was proud of his French heritage and was a member of Le Club Calumet, in Augusta.
In addition to his parents, Ervin was predeceased by his wife of almost 60 years, Connie; siblings Priscilla, Doris Perrini, Robert; a few in-laws; a nephew; and a very special aunt, Anna Gurney.
Ervin is survived by his daughters Holly Angelique, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Heidi Huard and her husband Dale, of Waterville; grandchildren Aja Binette, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jordan Huard and his partner Michele Pashby, of El Cerrito, California, and Micayla Huard, of Waterville; siblings and in-laws Theresa and Richard Bartlett, Richard Lizotte, Kenneth and Priscilla Lizotte; many nieces and nephews; as well as many cousins, including the Gurneys.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Notre Dame Catholic Church, at 116 Silver St., Waterville, at 10 a.m., on Tuesday, May 28, followed by a burial at St. Francis Catholic Cemetery, 78 Grove St., Waterville.
Arrangements are under the direction and care of Aable Cremation Service, Waterville.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to The Salvation Army, 36 Eastern Ave., Augusta, ME 04330, or ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105,, or to the charity of your choosing.
FULTON RYAN
CHINA – Fulton Ryan, 85, passed away Tuesday May 7, 2024, from complications related to dementia. He was born April 23, 1939, the son of Edward Thomas Ryan Jr. and Mary (O’Connor) Ryan, of Springfield, Massachusetts.
Fulton attended Cathedral High School, in Springfield, Massachusetts, and graduated in June 1957. He graduated from the University of New England-St Francis College in June of 1961. Fulton also earned his master’s degree in education from the University of Maine at Farmington.
He served two years in the United States Army, stationed in Italy. He married his wife, JoAnn Randazzo on August 7, 1965, in Italy.
After leaving the military, Fulton returned to Rhode Island with his wife to teach for one year. He started teaching French and Social Studies in 1966 at the old Kingfield High School. Fulton coached girls’ basketball and softball at the old Kingfield High School. Fulton then went to the Mt. Abram High School, in Salem Township, in 1969 where he taught, mostly social studies until retiring in 2003.
Starting in 1972, Fulton taught driver education at Mt. Abram High School for 30 years. He also coached the boys and girls’ track team. Fulton has been a member of the Norton Wuori Legion Post #61, Kingfield Senior Citizens, Maine State Retired Teachers Association, volunteer firefighter for the town of Kingfield and the Masons Mount Abram Lodge #204 A.F. & A.M.
Fulton has served on a variety of boards with the town of Kingfield. Fulton and his wife raised their three children in Kingfield. He loved spending time with his family, fishing, watching the Boston Bruins and decorating for holidays.
He was predeceased by his wife, JoAnn (Randazzo) Ryan (Emily); parents, Edward, and Mary Ryan; in-laws, Nicholas, and Lynette Randazzo; siblings, Aurthur Ryan, Edward Ryan, Marilyn (Ryan) Dunphy, Lois Ryan, Celine (Ryan) Paquette; brother-in-law’s, Michael Randazzo and Larry Paquette.
He is survived by his three children, John and wife Laurie, of Cumberland, Theresa and husband Michael Wight, of China, and Thomas, of Lewiston; five grandchildren, Nicholas Ryan, Mark Beahm (Timo), David Beahm (Adam), Katherine Wight, and Christopher Wight; and sister-in-law, Eleanor Ryan; numerous colleagues, friends, and countless students.
Visiting hours will be held on Friday, May 17, 2024, at 10 a.m., with a funeral service to follow at 11 a.m., at Western Mountains Baptist Church, 928 Carrabassett Road, New Portland. Refreshments will follow in the church dining hall.
A graveside service will be held on Thursday, May 30, 2024, at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 163 Mount Vernon Road, Augusta Maine, at 10 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association 225N. Michigan Ave. Floor 17, Chicago, Illinois 60601 https://act/alz.org/donate
Arrangements are under the care of Dan and Scott’s Cremation and Funeral Service, 488 Farmington Falls Road, Farmington Maine, where memories, photos and condolences may be shared at dsfuneral.com.
GREGORY L. THERIAULT
CHINA VILLAGE – Gregory L. Theriault, from China Village, passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Greg was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, and from there his family moved to Sandusky, Ohio, moving back to Maine in his teen years.
Greg was a jack of all trades, running a construction business, and a catering business, ending his career until his retirement at the family-owned golf course. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1974 – ’78.
He enjoyed golfing, traveling (which he and his wife did often), boating, and motorcycle riding. He was a devoted Mason, also a member of the Elks Lodge #905, in Waterville.
Greg married the love of his life, Rebecca, in November 1993 and spent many happy and wonderful times together.
He is survived by his wife Rebecca; son Chris and his wife Michelle; three granddaughters, Larissa, Carmen, and Alexis; one brother, Tim Theriault; niece Amanda Theriault and her partner Mike; many cousins, aunts, and uncles.
He was predeceased by his parents Joseph and Constance Theriault, and brothers Steve and Michel.
Services will be held Saturday, May 18, at 10 a.m., at the Waterville Elks Lodge.
Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at DirectcremationofMaine.com.
FREDERICK W. NABOROWSKY
VASSALBORO – Frederick W. Naborowsky, 81, passed away on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at his home. He was born in Waterville to Gloria and Julius Naborowsky, of Winslow.
Following graduation from Winslow High School, Fred enlisted in the United States Air Force where he served for 20 years, retiring as a Master Sergeant. Fred served during both the Cold War and the Vietnam War. His assignments in Europe included England, France, and Germany; in the Pacific his assignments included Vietnam, Thailand, and Korea. Fred’s assignments took his family to Bangor, Columbus, Ohio, Trenton, New Jersey, Honolulu, Hawai’i, and Williams Air Force Base, in Mesa, Arizona. He earned numerous awards and decorations throughout his career and most coveted by him were the Meritorious Service Medal and the Air Force Commendation Medal.
After retirement from the military, Fred worked at the Augusta Police Department for 23 years. His duties there included dispatching police, and fire and rescue. Fred was also a reserve police officer for nine years concurrent with his other duties. Fred transferred to the police records division where he remained until his retirement in 2004.
After retirement from the police department, Fred and his wife would travel during the winter months to Mesa, Arizona.
Fred married his high school sweetheart, Donna Daugier, of Vassalboro. Together, he and Donna raised five children. He loved hunting and fishing, was an at-large life member of the VFW and the American Legion. In addition, Fred was also a member of the Augusta Elks Lodge.
He was predeceased by his parents.
Fred is survived by his wife, Donna Naborowsky; his five children, Lisa Fitzpatrick, Lee Naborowsky and his wife Tanya, Brian Naborowsky and his wife Heather, Jeffery Naborowsky and his wife Melissa, and Marcia Murray and her husband Kevin; grandchildren, Brandon Wilson, Chelsey Delano, Austin Naborowsky, Brittney Tardiff, Derek Perry, Gage Naborowsky, Cole Naborowsky, Emilie Naborowsky, Savannah Powell, Abigail Folsom, Cameron Naborowsky, Kimberly Murray, Nicholas Murray, Jacob Murray, and Erick Murray; and great-grandchildren, Aubrey Wilson, Brody Wilson, Harper Wilson, Liliana Wilson, Kai Tardiff, Lennox Tardiff, Oliver Potter, Maia Naborowsky, Nash Murray, Rayleigh Williamson, Tatum Murray, and Baby Williamson due November 2024.
Fred wanted to leave a big thank you to Mr. Reginald Cough, formerly of Winslow High School, and Theodore Huard, of Winslow, for saving his life.
A graveside service will be held on Thursday, May 16, 2024, at noon, at the committal shelter at the Maine Veterans Cemetery, 143 Blue Star Ave., Augusta.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Plummer Funeral Home, 16 Pleasant St., Augusta. Condolences, stories, or photos may be shared by visiting http://www.plummerfh.com
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Fred’s name may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project at http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org.
WAYNE C. STEVENS
CHINA – Wayne C. Stevens, 72, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2024. He was born on November 17, 1951, in Waterville, the son of Florence and Carroll Stevens.
Wayne’s journey through life was marked by boundless love, compassion and unwavering dedication to his family and friends.
He was a 1970 graduate of Waterville High School and was a stellar A-student athlete. He was a member of the National Honor Society and the starting goalie for the Purple Panthers from 1968-1970 and co-captain 1969-1970. During that time Waterville won two state championships and two New England titles. He was also an “All Conference End” on his football team, played baseball and on the ski team. After receiving a letter from Bowdoin College admissions stating he was a promising candidate and they were interested in motivated high ability students, Wayne applied and graduated from Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, in 1974, with a B.A. in Sociology.
Wayne worked at the Maine Central Railroad, in Waterville, for many years and then became owner/operator of D and S Industries through 1989. His compassion and unwavering dedication to the well-being of children led him to make a career change when he accepted a math and science teaching position at Buker Middle School, in Augusta. He then went on to teach math and science at Medomak Middle School until his retirement.
Beyond his professional pursuits Wayne was blessed to reconnect with his high school hockey team friends last year. The bonds they created lasted a lifetime and he and Paula were so grateful for Mike, John and Mark’s visits during his time at the hospital.
He loved playing golf with his brother Kirby, watching hockey and football and being with his family. He and Paula welcomed their daughter in 1982. From 2013 to 2016 they were blessed with two grandchildren, Greyson and Grant. Wayne embraced his role of Baba, sharing his passions, reading and playtime with his grandsons who became the light of his life.
Wayne was predeceased by his parents Florence and Carroll Stevens; his baby sister, Judith A. Stevens, his brother, Kirby L. Stevens; his grandparents Fred J. and Grace Rancourt Nadeau, his paternal grandparents Maurice and Gertrude Lord Stevens; and his brother-in-law, Scott Selwood.
He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Paula; his daughter, Haley Stevens Arnold and husband Craig, their two grandchildren, Greyson and Grant Arnold; his sister, Jean Selwood; and many nieces and nephews.
The family will have a graveside service to celebrate Wayne’s life at St. Francis Catholic Cemetery, 78 Grove St., Waterville, on Friday, June 21, at 1 p.m. All are welcome to come and share their memories.
SERVICES
WILLIAM J. NYE
FAIRFIELD – William J. Nye, lifelong resident of Fairfield, 101, died on February 15, 2024.
A Celebration of Life will be held at the First Baptist Church, 12 Newhall St., Fairfield, on Saturday, June 1, at 10 a.m. Interment with military honors will follow at Maplewood Cemetery, 15 Bartlett St., in Fairfield.
Complete obituary may be found at http://www.lawrybrothers.com.
CARLTON L. FITZGERALD
CHINA – Carlton L. Fitzgerald, of China, graveside service will be held at 1 p.m., on Friday, May 17, 2024, at the Chadwick Hill Cemetery. in South China.
KATHRYN L. MOSES
BANGOR – Kathryn Louise Moses, 76, passed away at a Bangor hospital on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, following a brief illness.
A graveside service will be held 10:15 a.m., Saturday, May 18, at St. Francis Cemetery, 78 Grove St., Waterville. Messages and memories may be shared with Kathryn’s family, and a full obituary may be viewed, at kileyandfoley.com.
Arrangements by Kiley and Foley Funeral Service, Bangor and Brewer.